第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分〉 
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分〉
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D〉中，选出最佳迭项。

A
     My father quit driving in 1927, when he was 25 years old. So my elder brother and 1 grew In up in a household without a car. In 1951，when my brother turned 16, my patents bought a used 1950 Chevrolet from a friend. Since my parents didn’t drive, it more or less became my brother’s car.
Having a car but not being able to drive didn’t bother ma father, but it didn’t make sense to my mother. So in 1952, when she was 43 years old, she learned to drive. For the next 45 years or so, until she was 90, my mother was the driver in the family.
After my father retired when he was 70, he almost always accompanied my mother when-ever she drove anywhere, even if he had no reason to go. One day my father said to me, “Do you want to know the secret of a long life ?”
“ guess so, “I said, knowing it probably would be something bizarre (稀奇古怪的）.
“No left turns,”he said.
 ‘what?” I asked.
“No left turns,” he repeated.” "Think about it. Three tights are the same as a left, and that’s a lot safer. Several years ago, .your mother and 1 read an article that said most accidents that old people are in happen when, they turn left in front of oncoming traffic. As you get older your eyesight worsens. So your mother and decided never again to make a left turn.”
"You're kidding!" I said, and It to my mother for support, “No,” she said.”Your father is right We make three rights. It works.” But then she added, “Except when your father loses count.”
“Loses count?” I asked.
“Yes,” my father admitted, “that sometimes happens. But it’s not a problem. You just make seven rights, and you’re okay again.”
I couldn’t resist. “Do you ever go for 11?” I asked. 
“No,” he said. "If we miss it at seven, we just come home and call it a bad day. Besides,
nothing in life is so important it can't be put off another day or another week.”
My mother was never in an accident all through her life.
21. When did the parents have their first son according to the passage?
A. In 1952. B In 1951. C In 1935. D. In 1927.
22. The mother decided to lcatn to drive because .
A. she didn't believe in her sons
B she wanted to drive her own car
C her sons refused to drive for her
D she had to drive her husband to work 
23. What’s the message the father wanted to leave to his sons?
A Owning a car was too expensive for a family.
B. One could never be too careful when driving
C One is never too old to learn a new skill
D. Old people should never be allowed to drive alone.
24. What do the underlined words “loses count”probably mean?
A. Fails to count correctly.
B Loses his sense of direction
C Makes fewer turns than he should.
D. Forgets to count turns.
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